A total amnesty for all funds returning to Russia follows an anti-offshore bill requiring individuals and businesses to report foreign profits. The bill was aimed at curbing the outflow of capital from Russia, which was estimated at over $2 trillion in recent years.
The bill was explained by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov as allowing people who have made any mistakes in their business activities to declare the property and become completely law-abiding citizens.

The laws were earlier adopted by both chambers of the Russian parliament.

It’s the second stage of the capital amnesty, which commenced in March 2017. In this case, special declarations can be submitted both by individuals who haven’t done that before, and those who participated in the first stage.

According to the documents, published on the official portal of legal information, all the guarantees for those who used the amnesty of capital in the first stage in 2015-2016 will be fully preserved.

Putin said earlier that the extension of capital amnesty, which is supported by international financial institutions, will add stability to the Russian business environment.

Voluntary declaration of assets and accounts in banks has started in Russia from June 1, 2015. Individuals had the right to submit to the tax authorities a special declaration with the information about the property, controlled foreign companies, accounts in banks located outside Russia. That could be done in exchange for exemption from tax, administrative and criminal liability for tax and customs duties payment evasion and failure to comply with laws on currency regulation and currency control. The amnesty covers all revenues, operations and transactions related to overseas assets and accounts.

Stock list of 9 companies has been raised. Specifically, stock price of 7 companies decreases while that of three companies was in stability. Out of them ‘Khuvsgul Khuns’ JSC HHS increased by 15 percent, ‘’Khunnu Management’ HBZ by 19.98 or showing the highest growth, whereas ‘ITools’ ITLS had 5.7 percent decline and ‘Hai Bi Oil’ HBO had 4.71 percent down.

The same day, TOP20 Index reached 21737.68 units, up by 0.44 percent while market value surpassed MNT 2.5 trillion.

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Under the PSCA signed in August 2014, Rio Tinto reached a framework for cooperation with the Government of Mongolia to deliver an energy plan for the South Gobi region.

According to an investment agreement reached by Oyu Tolgoi, the company agreed to set-up power supply within the country four years from the start of commercial production.

The termination of PSCA requires Oyu Tolgoi to meet the domestic power supply commitment within four years.

Originally, the government intended to develop a new independent power plant at the Tavan Tolgoi coalfields with Oyu Tolgoi as off-taker rather than the owner.

Among the multiple options being considered, Rio Tinto is exploring the possibility of the construction of an Oyu Tolgoi site-based power plant.

The company noted that it would meet all obligations agreed to under the investment agreement.

It is understood that the cost and means of financing the power supply solution will be finalised between shareholders.

Meanwhile, the company indicated that it would continue to review its capital expenditure forecasts for the project.

Rio Tinto has already set aside $250m a year to fund the development of a power station in the country in its 2019 and 2020 CAPEX forecasts.

Oyu Tolgoi is in the southern Gobi desert of Mongolia, 550km south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar.

The copper and gold mining project is jointly owned by the government of Mongolia and Turquoise Hill Resources, with 34% and 66% respectively.

Rio Tinto is a majority stakeholder in Turquoise Hill with a 51% interest.

As compared with the same period of previous year, an average import price for a ton of gasoline rose by 14 percent, reaching USD668 in January, 2018.

In January, 2018 an import of diesel fuel reached 81 thousand tons, with an increase of 17 thousand tons against the same period of previous year. An average import price for a ton of diesel fuel reached USD628, with an increase of 19 percent.

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Cabinet noted that it will commit to cooperating in the provision of energy for the mine from domestic sources, as well as in studying the possibility of building a Tavan Tolgoi thermal power station.

The cancellation of the agreement has left OT with finding alternatives to imported power as a source of energy. It is predicted that OT will explore the opportunity to build a thermal power station at the mine site. OT has stated that it will follow the articles of the 2009 investment agreement signed with the government in the future.

The restructuring proposal comes after the Detroit automaker announced last week that it would shut its plant in the city of Gunsan, southwest of Seoul, by May and decide the future of the remaining three plants in the country within weeks.

The debt for equity swap would allow GM’s business in South Korea to continue operating. It was not immediately clear how the deal would affect the interest of the state-run Korea Development Bank, which owns 17 percent of GM Korea.

GM’s decision was the latest in a series of steps it has made to put profitability and innovation ahead of sales and volume. Since 2015, GM has exited unprofitable markets including Europe, Australia, South Africa and Russia.

It was not immediately clear how much fresh capital GM has demanded from the South Korean government to keep operating its Korean business, which employs nearly 16,000 people.

Last year, the country ceded its status of leading wheat exporter to the United States. The Russian Agriculture Ministry expects to regain the status by the end of this agricultural year [July 2017 — June 2018]. It forecasts grain exports to be 45 million tons against 35.5 million tons in the previous year.

Overall, agricultural production in Russia is projected to grow three percent this year, from last year’s 120.7 million tons. That would be the best-ever harvest for Russia, even counting the Soviet era.

The country’s export market is actively expanding, according to Sizov. Russia supplies grain to Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey and Iran, and Saudi Arabia has announced plans to become a major hub for Russian agricultural products in the Middle East.

In the near future exports to Indonesia and Thailand will increase, as well as those to Latin American countries including Mexico.

Russia has a significant share of the European market; almost 12 percent of Russian agricultural exports, worth around $2 billion, go to the continent.

Three years ago, President Vladimir Putin set a goal of making Russia the world's largest supplier of healthy, ecologically clean and high-quality food.

According to the rule of the MBA, regular election meeting was organized, holding poll, where U.Ganzorig appointed as president of the MBA. Thus he will lead the association in 2018-2020.

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Mining and metals deals totalled $51 billion last year, up 15% from 2016. Activity was dominated by coal and steel transactions. However, the volume of deals fell 6% as M&A focus in the sector started shifting from divestment to strategic acquisitions.

"The focus for most of the sector in 2017 was consolidating balance sheet strength and maintaining capital discipline," EY said in a quarterly report on the sector, published on Monday.

Coal transactions surged 156 % to $8.5 billion as the world's move to renewables prompted miners to shift away from thermal coal.

One of the biggest coal deals last year was Rio Tinto's sale of its Coal and Allied mines to Australia's Yancoal for $2.7 billion.

Steel deals doubled to $13.3 billion, mainly comprising large Chinese mergers and divestments in Latin America. The report said overall China continued to be a key driver of activity, leading deals by value both as an acquirer ($18.7b, 36.5%) and as a target ($13.6b, 26.6%).

Gold transactions fell 34% to $7.3 billion as the volume of transactions fell 13% to 134 deals done. The number and value of deals in copper, nickel, potash all fell, while silver-lead-zinc and iron ore saw more activity.

Money raised by mining companies from IPOs and stock exchange listings rose to $2.8 billion, the highest in six years but still nowhere near the $17 billion raised in 2011 at the height of the commodities boom. Follow-on equity issues also rose to the highest since 2013 at $31 billion in 2017. Debt and loans together constituted $218 billion of the total money raised last year.

For 2018 EY expects deals to be fuelled by the industry's return to investment-led strategies aimed at building portfolios rather than the divestment-oriented deals that dominated in 2017. Companies' working capital requirements are also set to increase.

"Some of this activity will be to shape portfolios for future growth and sustain shareholder returns," said EY global mining and metals transactions leader Lee Downham, "but the return of transformational consolidation across the industry is unlikely as capital discipline is maintained":

Alongside this capital discipline, we began to see the emergence of investment strategies, with capital earmarked for organic projects and increasingly considered for acquisitions.

"With the buzz around new world critical minerals and battery technology, deals in lithium, copper and cobalt are expected to feature high on the agenda of management teams across the industry," according to the report.